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Morton throttles Jefferson County in first round of Class 3A playoffs
Published Saturday, November 7, 2009
MORTON — Jefferson County had to play a flawless game in order to pull off an upset of a Morton team ranked No. 5 in Class 3A in the first round of the Class 3A South State Playoffs.
Unfortunately, that did not happen as the Tigers committed four turnovers and their defense could not stop Percy Lewis and Leland McGee, who combined for all five of the Panthers’ touchdowns in a 34-6 win.
Jefferson County quarterback Kiwaski Tenner had a rough night against a good Morton defense. He completed 8 of 13 passes but for just 50 yards and threw two interceptions. The Tigers also lost two fumbles to Morton, the No. 2 seed from Region 6-3A.
Morton (11-1) jumped out to a 14-0 lead less than three and a half minutes into the game thanks to touchdown runs of 33 yards and 1 yard by Lewis.
Tenner scored on a 1-yard run with 5:18 to go in the opening quarter, but that would be the only points that Jefferson County (4-7), the No. 3 seed from Region 7-3A, would get.
Lewis scored on a 3-yard run right before halftime and McGee scored on an 8-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and a 6-yard run late in the fourth quarter.
Jena 27, Vidalia 6
JENA, La. — Vidalia was hoping to salvage a lost season with a win over the Giants that would have put the Vikings at the .500 mark in District 3-3A.
Instead, they ended up losing to a Jena Giants team that hadn’t won a game all season — until Friday night.
Vidalia finished at 3-7 overall and 2-4 in district play while Jena ended up at 1-9 overall and 1-5 in district play.
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Posted by TRON601 (anonymous) on November 7, 2009 at 9:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well Tigers. Valiant season and you won when it mattered most. In district. I wouldn't have wanted to play Morton first either. Way out there in the middle of Blues land. The green hedges that say MORTON on the westbound sound of I-20 welcoming you to town are about the only pretty site down that way anwyay. Gear up for next year and enjoy your holidays.
Posted by TRON601 (anonymous) on November 7, 2009 at 9:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Better luck next year Vidalia. I just gotta say this though. To lose to a hopeless winless team like Jena would piss me off and make me want to start working out early for next season. I'm not crashing you all, but, well, think about that while you are enjoying the holidays. Support your neighbors in Ferriday next week.
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